An angry mum has lashed out at a school's safety policy after her autistic son came home with a lump the size of a GOLF BALL on his head.

Karen Bennett said she felt "nauseous" when she saw the huge bump on the right side of her 12-year-old son's temple when she picked him up from Stoke Park School in Coventry.

The Year 7 pupil, who we are not naming and who also suffers from dyspraxia - a developmental disorder of the brain in childhood causing difficulty in activities requiring coordination and movement - got the injury running into furniture while in a PE lesson.

But Karen says she was furious after he was sent back to lessons by a first aider at the school and she was not contacted.

His mum was shocked to see the golf ball-size lump on the side of his head when she picked him up from Stoke Park School

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"They didn't contact me. I would have got him and taken him to the doctors to check him.

"I wasn't given that option."

Ms Bennett said she was now concerned for the safety of other pupils at the school following the experience.

Karen Bennett said she was never contacted by the school and would have taken her son to the hospital

She added: "When I picked him up I didn't notice until I was yards down the road in the car and I think I saw it and I felt naeseous.

"I demanded to speak to the head but was told she wasn't available to speak to me. I did speak to her PA and she apologised and said she would get someone to contact me.

"To make him do a full day with that sort of injury is just wrong.

"What if an hour later he's overcome and he doesn't know what the feelings are?

"You expect them to be in a safe place at school."

Ms Bennett disputed the school's claims they had attempted to contact her saying she had no missed calls on her phone.

The bump came up on the side of the Stoke Park School Pupil's head after an accident during a PE lesson

The school's statement in full

A spokesman for the school said: "Stoke Park School places the wellbeing of its students at the heart of everything it does and employs rigorous health and safety practices and procedures which are subject to regular external audit.

"The school can confirm that if any injury is sustained on site, first aid is administered immediately by an appropriately trained member of staff.

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"This would include an assessment and appropriate treatment of the injury and in the case of a head injury that does not require immediate hospital treatment, a Head Injury Letter is sent home with that student.

"The school always contacts parents and carers to advise them if a student has sustained a serious injury.

"Stoke Park School has conducted an enquiry into this incident and can confirm that the correct procedures were followed.

"The school attempted to contact the parents/carers on several occasions throughout the school day but unfortunately received no response.